Democratic Debate Cage Match Style

Of course the debate I decide to not type along with is the most heated.  So since it seems like it is cold across the nation, if you don't want to read my take on the debate, go ahead and snuggle by the fire and relax.  John Edwards, fine job sir.

Between Clinton and Obama there was a lot "Girl you crazy!", "Oh no he didn't!", "You better recognize!" and "Your momma!"

I'll be the first to say, I don't want to hear this crap anymore.  CNN, the way you handled the debate was kind of dumb.  Wolf, I expected more out of you.  Edwards is right, if you open it up for people to just take the entire time to fight back in forth like a couple of 10th graders, we hear nothing on the issues.

However, Bill Clinton, in my opinion, has been an idiot with his words as of late and the way the Clinton's are ganging up on Barack Obama is silly.  Bill Clinton looks like a goofy old man that is just trying to get back in the White House for himself.  Let us remember, he had some good times there.

Here are some comments from this past Sunday's episode of NBC's, "Meet The Press", which was a round table discussion on the presidential primary races.  I think this is important considering the Clinton gang up on Obama.

(Videotape, Monday):  SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL): I think it's fair to say the Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over the last 10, 15 years, in the sense that they were challenging conventional wisdom.

Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that, you know, Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it.

He tapped into what people were already feeling, which is we want clarity, we want optimism, we want, you know, a return to that sense of dynamism and, you know, entrepreneurship that had been missing.  (End videotape)

(Videotape, Friday):  Senator HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY): My leading opponent the other day said that he thought the Republicans had better ideas than Democrats the last 10 to 15 years. That's not the way I remember the last 10 to 15 years.  (End videotape)

No Hillary, read the quote, that's not what he said.  That's old school, good ol' boy politics that I'm sick of.  Continuing on.

MR. RUSSERT: Interestingly enough, the Salmon Press in New Hampshire, which endorsed Hillary Clinton, cited as one of the reasons that, when they talked to her in the interview, she listed Ronald Reagan as one of her favorite presidents.

Gee, go figure.

(Videotape, January 18, 2008):  MR. BILL CLINTON: Her principal opponent said that since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas. It goes along with that plan to ask the Republicans to become Democrats for a day and caucus with you tomorrow, and then go back and become Republicans so they can participate in the Republican primary. I'm not making this up, folks.  (End videotape)

No Bill, that's not what he said.  Nice attempt to spin, but get your facts right.  I dig the fact that you think because you are an ex-president you can get up there and say whatever you want, but you also need to be thinking long term here.  What if Edwards or gasp, Obama, beats your wife in the primary?  Do your party a favor and think a little bit before you open your big mouth.

One last comment from the program that caught my attention was the following.

MS. NOONAN: Can I say, on the campaign trail, one of the things I find jarring the past few weeks is that Hillary Clinton is the first major party woman running for president of the United States. She is a woman. She's running for president. She's running for head of the United States, chief executive officer. And she has to send her husband out to yell at the neighbors? It's like she's, she's saying, "You go out there, you fight for me. My husband's going to tell you off!" There's something strange, jarring, unbecoming and even unfeminist about it.

MS. GOODWIN: I doubt that she's sending him out. I think he's going out on his own.

MS. NOONAN: You think he's just on his own. Oh, my goodness, it's her campaign. If she didn't want him out there wagging his finger, turning red and arguing with reporters and bringing a level of temper and heat to the proceedings, if she did not want that, I'm sure she would stop it. And if she cannot, we should all just stop and take a breath.

My wife, who's not into politics much, listened to that and agreed with Ms. Noonan very much.

Bottom line, if you get to see the video clips of Bill Clinton.  What's up with the orange tie?  Bill, Halloween is over.  If Hillary dressed you in that orange tie with that shirt, she should lose just for that.

I'll try and quit talking about this stuff.  I apologize if I'm turning off any of you nine readers.  Please comment, tell me to shut up and we'll get back to the basics.

I clipped some coupons for the first time tonight.  Tuesday is grocery day.

Comments

[Brad]

Although I haven't been paying too much attention to the whole thing, and I'm not much of a Hillary fan, I think Noonan is a little off base. It's not like Hillary is just putting her husband out there to 'yell at the neighbors', the guy is an ex-president for crying out loud. Say what you want about BC but he can wing an interview a lot better than most of these candidates, without sounding scripted and cliche. We've got a guy in the office right now that has trouble forming a sentence without revealing some level of ignorance, trying to hind behind his smug cowboy demeanor. Lets just get one of these candidates on the ballot so we can put an end to the Bush era. Right now i'll take any of the three.